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DON'T FORGET 

 
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1. We use the past simple for past events or actions which have no connection to the present.
2. We use the present perfect for actions which started in the past and are still happening now OR for 
finished actions which have a connection to the present.
3. We CAN'T use the present perfect with a finished time word: 
NOT: I've been to the museum yesterday.
 

Forming the present perfect 

 

Have/has + past participle verb

Ex. I have written a book.

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Ex. She has gotten promoted.

Common adverbs in the simple past: last night, last year, yesterday, today, ago, first, then, later,
when
 

Ex. Yesterday morning, I went to the store.

Ex. When I lived in Boston, I worked at a deli.

Common adverbs in the present perfect: before, after, already, yet, for, since, recently, still, time
 

Ex. My parents have already eaten.

Ex. Julia has already visited Angola three times.

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